Groundwater
Activities
READ
THESE IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS!
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Answer on notebook paper, or open a
new Word document, and enter answers there.
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If you use Word, save the document
as [last name].groundwater in the Friedman/6Science folder on the
student drive.
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Be sure to start by typing a
complete heading.
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Number the items as they are
numbered below.
Part 1 - Water Science for Kids:
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgwquality.html
1. Draw a picture showing how groundwater contamination
happens.
2. What are the four categories of groundwater
contaminants? (hint - the first one is inorganic
contaminants - you have to scroll down to see the others)
3. Draw a table that includes these headings:
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Contaminant |
How it
gets in the water |
What are
the effects? |
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Fill out the table for a minimum of 5 contaminants. You may do additional ones for extra credit.
4. Scroll down to the section called, "Physical
characteristics of ground water."
For each the five characteristics listed, tell how you would measure or
observe that characteristic. If you
can't remember, you may go to the
Part 2: Go
to Groundwater Use in the
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/wugw.html
Use the information to answer the following:
5. Name the top
five states for water withdrawal in the year 2000.
6. What were the number 1, 2, and 3 biggest fresh
groundwater withdrawals for the year 2000?
Name the uses and the amounts (see the side of the graph for units).
7. Which two fresh (surface and ground) water categories
used more ground water than surface water in the year 2000?
8. What appears to be the relationship between population
and groundwater withdrawals between 1950 and 2000?
Part 3 - Go to the Pesticides in Groundwater
page:
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/pesticidesgw.html
9. What are pesticides, how do they get into groundwater,
and how concerned should we be about them in our water?
J SCROLL DOWN FOR FUN ACTIVITIES J
If you finish the written work, here are some things you can do for fun! J
Water Use Survey
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/sq3.html
Word scramble game
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_wordscramble.html
Interactive Fun Facts Matching Game
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_matching.html
Groundwater True/False Quiz